“It’s impossible to quantify and compare constituency work but it is possible to measure MPs’ activity in the Commons by the proportion of votes they attend each year. In the Lords, the number of days each peer has attended is also recorded.”

The average absence rate for House of Commons votes during January and February is 25.7%. The average rate for Lancashire MPs is 22.2%, with Preston MP Mark Hendrick above this, at an absence rate of 38.5%.